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Clio in the Clinic: History in Medical Practice

Jacalyn Duffin - Medical historians - 2005 - 368 pages
Twenty-three physicians, all accomplished historicans, write autobiographically about their use of history in medical practice, from the making of a diagnosis, to consolation ...
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A History of Medicine

Lois N. Magner - Medical - 1992 - 420 pages
A non-technical, jargon-free presentation of the history of medicine from palaeopathology to recent theories and practices of modern medicine. It gives a wide-ranging overview ...
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Lovers and Livers: Disease Concepts in History

Jacalyn Duffin - History - 2005 - 253 pages
In Lovers and Livers, Jacalyn Duffin provides a lively overview of the ideas around disease.
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SARS in Context: Memory, History, and Policy

Jacalyn Duffin, Arthur Sweetman - Medical - 2006 - 221 pages
Former Ontario Chief Coroner James Young and infectious disease expert Dick Zoutman recount their efforts to contain the mysterious new disease. In answer to questions about ...
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To See with a Better Eye: A Life of R. T. H. Laennec

Jacalyn Duffin - Medical - 2014 - 473 pages
René Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826) is best known for his invention of the stethoscope, one of medicine's most powerful symbols. Histories, novels, and films have ...
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Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing in the Modern World

Jacalyn Duffin - Religion - 2009 - 304 pages
Making saints : miracles, medicine, and evidence since 1588 -- The supplicants and their saints -- The miracles : diseases, corpses, and other wonders -- Doctors and medical ...
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Langstaff: A Nineteenth-Century Medical Life

Jacalyn Duffin - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 416 pages
A unique and readable microhistory of an ordinary physician and his community during a period of revolutionary medical change. Duffin bases her insights on a detailed computer ...
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